Great books for 6th graders

I love getting recommendations from students. Best of all, students love sharing books they love. Here is a list of books that 6th graders at our school recommend as the best books they read this year.

Action & Suspense

o Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz
o Wolf Brother, by Michael Paver
o Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
o Young James Bond series (starting with SilverFin), by Charlie Higson
o Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
o Maze Runner, by James Dashner
o Dangerous Days of Daniel X, by James Patterson
o Tentacles, by Roland Smith
o Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentlman? by Eleanor Updale
o Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom series), by Garth Nix
o Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
o Elephant Run, by Roland Smith

Fantasy

o Lightning Thief series, by Rick Riordan
o Pendragon series, by D.J. MacHale
o White Giraffe, Lauren St. John
o Wicked series, by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
o Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
o Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
o Artemis Fowl series, by Eoin Colfer
o Seventh Tower series, by Garth Nix
o The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott
o Uglies series, by Scott Westerfeld
o Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett
o The Fellowship of the Ring (1st in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), by J. R. R. Tolkien
o Evermore (the Immortals series), by Alyson Noel

Realistic Fiction

o Wednesday Wars, by Gary Schmidt
o Game, by Walter Dean Myers
o War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo
o Scat, by Carl Hiassen
o Alabama Moon, by Watt Key
o Saffy's Angel, by Hillary McKay
o The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, by Erin Dionne
o A Corner of the Universe, by Ann Martin
o Dirty Little Secrets, by C.J. Omololu
o Rules of the Road, by Joan Bauer
o Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks

Humor

o Guys Write for Guys Read, edited by Jon Sciezska
o Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney
o The Schwa Was Here, by Neal Shusterman

Friendship

o Savvy, by Ingrid Law
o When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
o Smile, by Raina Telgemeier
o Indigo Blue, by Cathy Cassidy
o That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton
o The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
o Friendship for Today, by Patricia McKissack

Historical Fiction

o Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
o Blood on the River, by Elisa Carbone
o My Louisiana Sky, by Kimberly Willis Holt

Animals

o The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
o Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
o The Georges and the Jewels, by Jane Smiley
o Chestnut Hill, by Lauren Brooke
o Sheep, by Valerie Hobbs

I will continue adding the WorldCat links for these titles. You can use these links to search public libraries near you.

Do you find any titles that you've already read? Try exploring others in the same category. Another good tip is to look at other books that author has written. Have fun!